Thomas Bailey 1694 - 1759

Thomas Bailey was born in 1694 and lived in Theberton until his death aged 65. He married his first wife, Jane Kemp, on the 2nd October 1722 and they had four children before her death in 1733. Thomas then married Susannah Almond on the 19th October 1733. They had six children including Robert, my five greats grandfather. 

                      
Thomas Bailey         |-Thomas Bailey 1739-? mar 1764 Sarah Pipe 1746-1776, 3 children  
1694-1759             |-Susan Bailey 1742-?  
mar 1733 -------------|-John Bailey 1745-?   
Susannah Almond       |-Robert Bailey 1751-1814 mar 1775 Ann Canham 1755-1813, 11 children  
1710-?                |-Jane Bailey 1754-?
                      |-Mary Bailey 1756-?

According to the parish records Thomas' first born son, Thomas, married Sarah Pipe (1746-1776) on the 31st July 1764 at Theberton. They went on to have three children all born and baptised in Theberton :-

                      |-William Bailey - baptised 25th May 1766  
                      |-Eliza Bailey - baptised 18th December 1772  
                      |-Robert Bailey - baptised 13th April 1774   

Thomas signed his will 21st June 1756, assumingly just after the birth of his daughter Mary as she is left £40 which, according to the National Archives, would be worth about £3000 today. It would be a fair assumption, judging by the amount of money, over £15000 by today's values, the amount of property and land he left, that Thomas was quite a wealthy man. His will was proved on 15th June 1759.
Click here to read a transcript of his will.

Other than the date of her marriage to Thomas and the date of her death, I have been unable to find any more information about Jane Kemp.
Susannah Almond was the youngest child, that I have found, of Thomas Almond, born about 1680, and his wife, Mary Winstanley. The other children were Mary, born 1707, and John, born about 1709. Thomas Almond's father was John who was born about 1655 and would be my eight greats grandfather.